Table 1.

PUBMED database search strategy.

((Acupuncture[MeSH] OR Acupuncture[Title/Abstract] OR Pharmacopuncture[Title/Abstract]) OR Acupuncture Therapy[MeSH] OR Acupotom∗ [Title/Abstract] OR (Auricular[Title/Abstract] OR Ear[Title/Abstract]) OR (Electroacupuncture[Title/Abstract])) AND (Prostatitis[MeSH] OR Prostatiti∗[Title/Abstract] OR Chronic pelvic pain syndrome[Title/Abstract] OR Non-bacterial prostatitis[Title/Abstract]) AND ((randomize controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized[Title/Abstract] OR placebo[Title/Abstract] OR clinical trials as topic[MeSH:noexp] OR randomly[Title/Abstract] OR trial[Title/Abstract]) NOT (animals[MeSH] NOT humans[MeSH]))